6-3 Evidence of Evolution
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- Q1remnant of organisms such as imprints, bones and fecesfossil30s
- Q2the fossil record shows a period of stability in a species showing little evolutionary changestasis30s
- Q3the study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct speciespaleontology30s
- Q4study of the physical geographic distribution of plants and animalsbiogeography30s
- Q5study of embryo development in vertebrates that has led to the support of common ancestry; presence of gills and tailsembryology30s
- Q6body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to living in different environments; evidence of common ancestor; example is human arm, cat leg, bat wing, whale flipperhomologous structures30s
- Q7similar body structures with common function but unrelated such as bird wing and insect winganalogous structures30s
- Q8remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor such as wings of ostriches which don't flyvestigial structures30s
- Q9study of body structures to provide evidence of evolutionanatomy30s
- Q10study of similar nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationshipsbiochemistry30s